Data sharing computer network
Patent 4007450 Issued on February 8, 1977. Estimated Expiration Date: 
February 8, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
February 8, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesInventorsApplicationNo. 591993 filed on 06/30/1975US Classes:709/226Network resource allocatingExaminersPrimary: Zache, Raulfe B.Attorney, Agent or FirmAbstractA data communication network having a plurality of nodes interconnected with a communication link, wherein each node shares given ones of its data sets in common with other nodes in the network, and each node is operative to update any shared data set, except if one of the other nodes is also seeking to update the same data set, in which case the node having the higher priority prevails. Each node has a memory which stores the node location of each shared data set and the updating priority which each node has with respect to each respective set of shared data. A node receiving competing requests for update will access this memory and, depending upon the sequence of the requests, may accept a higher priority request and refuse a lower priority request. | |
